WORLD CHAMPION BOXER JOHNNY TAPIA...IS SET TO PREMIERE THIS WEEKEND AT THE L-A FILM FESTIVAL... ACTION 7 SPORTS DIRECTOR ORLANDO SANCHEZ TALKED TO THE DIRECTOR, AND TAPIA'S WIFE ABOUT THE FILM. IT'S BEEN JUST OVER A YEAR SINCE THE PASSING OF ONE OF NEW MEXICO'S MOST ICONIC ATHLETES... AND HIS STORY TRANSCENDS FAR BEYOND THE BOXING RING... ONE FILMMAKER WHO GREW UP RIGHT HERE IN THE 505... BROUGHT THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF JOHNNY TAPIA'S LIFE TO THE BIG SCREEN IN A DOCUMENTARY CALLED ''TAPIA'' New Mexico they've welcomed Johnny they've accepted him and they've embraced him as their champion but now the world will get to witness the same thing A DOCUMENTARY ON 5-TIME WORLD CHAMPION JOHNNY TAPIA WILL PREMIERE ON SATURDAY AT THE LA FILM FESTIVAL... TAPIA TELLS HIS STORY IN HIS OWN WORDS ... the very first words in the documentary says you know I've had a good life it's been beautiful it's Johnny talking in past tense so it just gets overwhelmingly emotional THE DOCUMENTARY CALLED ''TAPIA'' FEATURES SOME OF HIS FINAL ON CAMERA INTERVIEWS... it's just a very powerful story and a lot of emotion in the documentary because noone knew at the time it was his last year WHEN TAPIA DIED OF HEART DISEASE AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE... THE FILM'S DIRECTOR EDDIE ALCAZAR COULDN'T BELIEVE IT... he was almost invincible with all these different things he encountered in his life so it was a huge shock it put me in a place where I couldn't even work for a couple of months BUT HE KEPT THE ORIGINAL PLAN WITH THE DOCUMENTARY... AND IT'S BEGINNING TO GAIN SOME MOMENTUM... RAPPER 50 CENT AND BOXING PROMOTER LOU DIBELLA HAVE ACQUIRED THE RIGHTS TO IT... HELPING TO BRING THE FILM TO A BROADER AUDIENCE... I think having someone like 50 on board with the exact cuts that we basically have in tact you know that someone isn't going to come in and change it and disrespect Johnny's legacy FILM DIRECTOR EDDIE ALCAZAR SAYS THE PLAN IS TO GET THE FILM TO NEW MEXICO BY THE END OF THE YEAR; BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE AN EXACT DATE. ORLANDO MOMENT WITH DOUG IN TONIGHT'S PROJECT ECONOMY --